ἰθύς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

See εὐθῠ́ς (euthús).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /iː.tʰýs/ → /iˈθys/ → /iˈθis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /iː.tʰýs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /iˈtʰys/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /iˈθys/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /iˈθys/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈθis/

Adjective

ῑ̓θῠ́ς • (īthús) m (feminine ῑ̓θεῖᾰ, neuter ῑ̓θῠ́); first/third declension

1. Alternative form of εὐθῠ́ς (euthús)

Inflection

First and third declension of ἰ̄θῠ́ς; ἰ̄θεῖᾰ; ἰ̄θῠ́ (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἰ̄θῠ́ς īthús	ἰ̄θεῖᾰ ītheîa	ἰ̄θῠ́ īthú		ἰ̄θέε īthée	ἰ̄θείᾱ ītheíā	ἰ̄θέε īthée		ἰ̄θεῖς ītheîs	ἰ̄θεῖαι ītheîai	ἰ̄θέᾰ īthéa
Genitive		ἰ̄θέος īthéos	ἰ̄θείᾱς ītheíās	ἰ̄θέος īthéos		ἰ̄θέοιν īthéoin	ἰ̄θείαιν ītheíain	ἰ̄θέοιν īthéoin		ἰ̄θέων īthéōn	ἰ̄θειῶν ītheiôn	ἰ̄θέων īthéōn
Dative		ἰ̄θεῖ ītheî	ἰ̄θείᾳ ītheíāi	ἰ̄θεῖ ītheî		ἰ̄θέοιν īthéoin	ἰ̄θείαιν ītheíain	ἰ̄θέοιν īthéoin		ἰ̄θέσῐ / ἰ̄θέσῐν īthési(n)	ἰ̄θείαις ītheíais	ἰ̄θέσῐ / ἰ̄θέσῐν īthési(n)
Accusative		ἰ̄θῠ́ν īthún	ἰ̄θεῖᾰν ītheîan	ἰ̄θῠ́ īthú		ἰ̄θέε īthée	ἰ̄θείᾱ ītheíā	ἰ̄θέε īthée		ἰ̄θεῖς ītheîs	ἰ̄θείᾱς ītheíās	ἰ̄θέᾰ īthéa
Vocative		ἰ̄θῠ́ īthú	ἰ̄θεῖᾰ ītheîa	ἰ̄θῠ́ īthú		ἰ̄θέε īthée	ἰ̄θείᾱ ītheíā	ἰ̄θέε īthée		ἰ̄θεῖς ītheîs	ἰ̄θεῖαι ītheîai	ἰ̄θέᾰ īthéa
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ἰ̄θέως īthéōs				ἰ̄θῠ́τερος īthúteros				ἰ̄θῠ́τᾰτος īthútatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Alternate comparative and superlative forms ῑ̓θῠ́ντερος and ῑ̓θῠ́ντατος are sometimes used.

Further reading

• “ἰθύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἰθύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἰθύς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἰθύς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἰθύς in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἰθύς in Beekes, Robert (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek, Leiden: Brill